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  Shortcode for Includes

  3266 readersOne thing that WordPress doesn’t have the ability to do “out-of-the-box” is do includes, in the sense of including the content of one post into the content of another post directly in the post editor. For the umpteenth time around here, shortcodes to the rescue! This issue came up while my co-worker Tim at Wufoo

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  Custom Query Shortcode: Run a Loop inside Any Post/Page

  3913 readersI had the occasion yesterday to have a page with a section on it where it would output a very specific set of other pages, which would need to change dynamically. What I could have done is built a special page template for this page, and inside that template run a query_posts() to get these

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  How to remove “private” and “protected” from the post title

  3587 readersEach time you define a specific post as being private or password-protected, WordPress automatically add "Private" or "Protected" to your blog post title. If you don't want it, nothing simpler: Just apply this great hack.Looking for WordPress hosting? Try WP Web Host. Prices starts at $5/month and you can try it for free!How to remove

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  Creating nested shortcode concept

  1243 readers PHP add_shortcode("my_text", "my_text"); function my_text() { return 'nested shortcode'; } function my_link($atts, $content = null) { extract(shortcode_atts(array( "href" => 'http://' ), $atts)); return ''.do_shortcode($content).''; } add_shortcode("link", "my_link"); SHORTCODE [link][my_text][/link] Visit wpsnipp.com for details on how to setup this WordPress snippet. Share this post. Facebook | StumbleUpon | Delicious | Tweet It | Digg This | DesignBump-It | DesignPoke-it

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  Call a Widget with a Shortcode

  2695 readersWe covered how to run a shortcode in a widget. But what about inserting a widget with a shortcode? I recently had this situation come up. I had a single page where I just wanted to be able to chuck in a widget without the whole rigmarole of creating a special widgetized area and probably

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  Creating oEmbed-Based shortcodes

  7000 readers PHP add_shortcode( 'youtube', 'my_youtube_shortcode' ); function my_youtube_shortcode( $atts ) { global $wp_embed; if ( empty($atts['id']) ) return ''; // Construct the YouTube URL $url = 'http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=' . $atts['id']; return $wp_embed->shortcode( $atts, $url ); } PHP [youtube id="000000"] Visit

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  Shortcode for HTML5 audio in posts and pages

  8736 readers PHP function html5_audio($atts, $content = null) { extract(shortcode_atts(array( "src" => '', "autoplay" => '', "preload"=> 'true', "loop" => '', "controls"=> '' ), $atts)); return ''; } add_shortcode('audio5', 'html5_audio'); SHORTCODE [audio5 src="http://your-site/videos/your-video.mp4" loop="true" autoplay="autoplay" preload="auto" loop="loop" controls=""] Visit wpsnipp.com for details on how to setup this WordPress snippet. Share this post. Facebook | StumbleUpon | Delicious | Tweet It | Digg This | DesignBump-It | DesignPoke-it

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  Shortcode for HTML5 video in posts

  6184 readers PHP function html5_video($atts, $content = null) { extract(shortcode_atts(array( "src" => '', "width" => '', "height" => '' ), $atts)); return ''; } add_shortcode('video5', 'html5_video'); SHORTCODE [video5 src="http://your-site/videos/your-video.mp4" width="720" height="480"] Visit wpsnipp.com for details on how to setup this WordPress snippet. Share this post. Facebook | StumbleUpon | Delicious | Tweet It | Digg This | DesignBump-It | DesignPoke-it

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  Display the comment count using a shortcode

  3902 readers PHP function comments_shortcode($atts) { extract( shortcode_atts( array( 'id' => '' ), $atts ) ); $num = 0; $post_id = $id; $queried_post = get_post($post_id); $cc = $queried_post->comment_count; if( $cc == $num || $cc > 1 ) : $cc = $cc.' Comments'; else : $cc = $cc.' Comment'; endif; $permalink = get_permalink($post_id); return '' . $cc . ''; } add_shortcode('comments', 'comments_shortcode'); SHORTCODE [comments id="23" ] Visit wpsnipp.com for details on how to setup this

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  Speed Up Your Blogging with WordPress Shortcodes

  4510 readersSave time by replacing your most commonly typed words and phrases with WordPress shortcodes. For example, if you are frequently typing your blog’s URL, you could place the following code your theme’s functions.php file: function shortURL() { return 'http://your-site.com/'; } add_shortcode('myurl', 'shortURL'); Now whenever you write a post in “HTML-mode”, you can include your blog’s